weekend whirlwind and a love note from Annabelle

I don’t know why the weekend seemed to go past so quickly.  It certainly wasn’t because we were outside playing–it rained almost the entire weekend.  Which isn’t a bad thing in my opinion.  Rain and snow melt have all the creeks around here rise, and I like full creeks!

Saturday was a day for me to work on the HoneyDo list.  The morning started with a visit from our friend Doug.  The parts arrived for the dryer repair, and he stopped by to see if we could get it going.  I got a lesson in how things work (Doug’s real good at knowing how things work!), and helped him put the new parts in.  By “help” I mean I stood there eating an omelet and drinking a cup of coffee while he put the parts in!  No shame in that; we’ve got to know our strengths and work in our areas of expertise.

After “we” got the dryer all fired up, I went out on the roof, braving the wind and rain to take down the Christmas lights.  Yep.  March 13.  Christmas lights.  In my defense, the lights were frozen to the gutters for most of the past 2 months.  I wanted them down as much as Kim did, but I wasn’t about to go hacking at the ice, perched on the edge of the roof.

The whole Sublett family trekked out to see “The Blind Side” at the dollar theater Saturday night.  If you haven’t seen it, you should.  I know that I’m late to this party, but the story of Michael Oher is absolutely moving.  I don’t know how much Hollywood embellishment went into the production, but I was a wreck through most of the movie.  It started when the mom (Sandra Bullock’s character) told the dad (Tim McGraw’s character) to turn the car around.  It hit me right then: there comes a time when we have to interrupt our regularly scheduled life to get involved in someone else’s story.

Sunday was a great day at midtown.  I have been loving Dan’s sermon series through Mark’s Gospel, looking at the marks of of Jesus.  This week Dan talked about moving from Foe to Family, and what it takes to be Family with Jesus (the answer is submission, by the way.)  You can listen to the talk on Calvary’s website, if you are interested.

Today was a pretty low-key day.  Lilly was a little sick today, so she didn’t go to school.  Evangeline stopped by on her way back into town from Spring Break with a couple of bags of Chinese candy for the kids.  Kim says that the one candy makes the whole house smell like cat urine.  I guess that’s a plus for the kids, cause they love the stuff!  I took Annabelle with me when I went to pick up Sadie and Levi from their respective music rehearsals.  There were a couple of interesting developments along the way.

First, I booked my first ever voice lesson.  My mom taught me and my brother to sing harmonies when we were little, and I’ve been singing all my life.  But I figure that there’s always room to improve and learn, so I’ll be working with Rich Biever (he runs the studio where our kids have spent the last 5 years) to improve my vocalizations!

Second, Annabelle was writing something in the air while we were driving.  I spent a chunk of the afternoon trying to copy the Chinese words that she was saying, so I started writing in the air with her.  She laughed and told me that I was crazy!  I told her that I wanted to see what she was writing, so when we got home, she took a pencil and paper, and wrote I <3 U  (that’s I heart you, for the less hip) to me.  I think I might hang on to that note–my first love note from Annabelle!  It makes the heart full, you know…

We got Annabelle’s Citizenship papers in today, and we’ll be sending in our first Post-Adoption Placement report tomorrow.  I am so glad that Kim was willing to step out in faith, to be obedient to God’s leading towards adoption.  I can’t imagine life without Annabelle.  There’s another great line in “The Blind Side.”  One of the Mom’s friends says, “You’re really changing his life.”  The mom pauses, the says, “No, he’s changing mine.”

Crush.  Me.